The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-06
LABOR'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY
Nearly Three Thousand Persons Join
in Street Parade in This City.
Festivities at the Exposition Grounds
demonstrations in Other Cities.
PARADE OF THE LABoRERs.
An Imposing Street Display, Followed by
Big Gathering at the Exposition Grounds.

Big Gathering at the Exposition Grounds.
The 9th of September has become the recog-
nized holiday of organized workingmen. Its
first observance was last year, when the knights
of Labor and members Of the American Fedora
ton of Trades in all the large cities celebrated
it with parades music, speeches and picnic
festivities Then the holiday came Sunday
and while the Indianapolis parade was large and
the attendance at the Exposition grounds great,
they lacked many Of the features that impaired
to yesterdays observance attractiveness and
completeness No better weather could have
been desired for this second annual display Of
local workingmen. A cooler air would have
helped little, but the sun was bright, and not
until the morning had advanced con-
siderably did cloud appear to
the holiday features about them in the crowds
that from early morning began to gather along
the line Of march. Men, women and children
by the thousands took the utmost interest in
this featute. Labor of all kinds had been
largely suspended for the occasion, and while
hundreds of Knights and others of organized
bodies did not appear in the line, they swelled
the crowds of spectators. and afterwards went
to the Exposition grounds to spend the day and
evening in enjoying the scenes common to out
oor assemblies of the kind.
The parade the chief attraction, and as 1t
passed in view of the great throngs of people
more than once applause followed some special
feature of display. The Knights and trades
union people were not so numerous as in the
procession of last year. but the deficiency was
made up in several excellent industrial shows
The line began to move a few minutes after 10
o'clock, with details of police half and quar-
ter of a square ahead. Then came police de-
tachment of seventeen, under the command of
Captain Campbell. Following were the mill
tary companies: Emmett Guards, Capt. Keller
and nineteen men; Rice's Zouaves. Captain
Draper and fifteen men, and English Guards,
Capt. Rhodes and seventeen men. The grand
marshal and staff, the latter having been cut
down to fifteen or twenty men from the fifty
more who had been appointed, were sandwiched
between the military and the head of the
trades unions division which was led by Typo
graphical Union No. 1. With the printers
marched "a delegation from sha Ger
Offices, and a pressmen's organ
zation, making in all 105 men. The
Stone cutters Union came next, with repre-
sentation of forty -four members and sitter that
followed the bakers. numbering thirty fve The
latter made a neat appearance in their white
caps and aprons After these marched the
penters, with forty men, and then the fur
niture- workers. with thirty members. The
tailors had a representation Of ffty-two Others
of the unions were in line by scattered repre-
sentation, and still others failed to report. but
turn out of the car builders. who eighty
strong bearing appropriate emblems and neatly
decorated banners.
I As with the unions. some of the K of L. as
semblies were not represented, except where
their members fell in with others. This division
had the Alpha Assembly. the largest
in the city, with 124 men, Next came
the wheel-makers, with a representation
exceeding the first by only six men. They bore
one or two of the few notices seen along the whole
line One of them read. "a Home for Every
Man Who is Willing to Work for it," The West
Indianapolis Assembly followed, with forty four
representatives, and after them marched Will
let's Assembly. with a like number The Com
mercial Assembly came next, represented by
forty-two of its members, and the Rogers As
sembly. with forty-one. Newsboys and boot
blacks 20 the number of seventy-two brought up
the rear of this division. Distributed through
out the line were carriages in which rode the
older workingmen and behind Rogers Assembly
were, In i've or SIX carriages the ladies of Lady
Kern Assembly.
The third division confined to the indus
trial displays, and here several of the Trades
Assembly were to be found. the members turn
ing out by shops and factories Leading this
part of the procession were the employees of e.
&. Atkins 81 Co. The men appeared in a uni
form expressive of their trade, each one wearing
the long shop apron and the craftsmans cap.
First came forty -four of the employees. each
bearing on the right shoulder new that
glistened in the sun. Immediately behind them |
were eight Others supporting in circular form a |
long and narrow sheet of steel Within this |
circle was band, and after them driven |
decorated wagon. on which were displayed saws |
of all sizes. Then followed members of the firm
and heads of departments, after whom came los |
other employees, Carrying gllstening carpenters |
saws. The display closed by eight ten |
apprentices, each with buck-saw borne across |
his left shoulder. In the line the |
wives and children of the employees rode in car |
riages and wagons. The Moore Desk Company |
also made a creditable display with two wagons, |
one carrying several finished desks and the |
other two or three in process of manufacture. |
On these men were to be seen working. Be- |
tween the wagons marched forty-two of the en-
ployes The brewery interests were represented |
by Sch mldt, Maus, MetZger. Klee 81 Coleman |
The first named had the largest show in line of |
wagons loaded with hops, barley and the beer |
ready for delivery. Following the brewers |
the one wagon of the Rouse Driven Well Com
pany, and next in order the lumber trade was
represented by III. E. Eldridge e Co. The
Indianapolis Terra Gotta Company had a fine
display, did the stone men, Ittenbach. God |
dard. Robinson and J. Schmidt Each firm
had group of work ingmen either chipping
or polishing large blocks of stone. The ice
panies next in line, and then the |
millers. who gave some attention to decorating
their wagons, heavily weighted with sacks of |
-four. The Indianapolis wheel-works had a |
good representation, as did the various sewing /
machine companies. Close upon them was the |
BARRIERS Assembly, with fifty men and a wagon.
On the latter was shop with chairs BARRIERS
being shaved The Cear-makers' Union occu-
pied good deal of the division with its
display, IN which the manufacture
tween the union and the tenement house
workers being strongly marked One of the
latter was shown in the midst of his poverty
stricken family and the dirt and filth of his
At his side the haggard wife, IT
ragged clothes, nursing a starving babe, while
the older children stripped tobacco. The union
had 115 men and bore the notices of the parade,
all of which were directed against the Chinese
and tenement-house cigar makers. Many other
industries and businesses were appropriately
represented, while the fire department brought
up the rear with fine exhibition of its force in
engines, wagons, reels and men. The engine
companies with their apparatus, were the Nos.
/. 2. g. and 5. while all the hose and reel de-
tails were out with the Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. l.
The procession. with nearly 5000 men in it,
was an hour and quarter passing the New
Denison Hotel and when its head had gone west
on Ohio. to Mississippi, then to Washington and
thence to Delaware street. surrounding fourteen
squares. the last of its line had not moved from
the of Alabama and Market